Strabismus. Practical Pearls You Won't Find in Textbooks

Front Matter
Pages i-xxii

History
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Pages 1-4

The Examination
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Pages 5-22

Refraction
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Pages 23-29

Functional Amblyopia
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Pages 31-50

Esotropia
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Pages 51-71

Exotropia
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Pages 73-95

A-Pattern, V-Pattern, and Other Alphabet Pattern Strabismus
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Pages 97-114

Vertical Deviations
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Pages 115-141

Diplopia
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Pages 143-151

Strabismus Surgery
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Pages 153-192

Complications of Eye Muscle Surgery
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Pages 193-207

Thyroid Eye Disease
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Pages 209-219

How to Perform Superior Surgery on the Inferior Oblique and Avoid Inferior Surgery on the Superior Oblique
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Pages 221-239

Abnormal Head Postures
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Pages 241-245

Brown Syndrome
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Pages 247-249

Duane Syndrome
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Pages 251-265

Miscellaneous Strabismus Syndromes
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Pages 267-284

Nystagmus
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Pages 285-295

Paralytic Strabismus: Third and Sixth Cranial Nerves
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Pages 297-304

Re-operations
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Pages 305-310

Complicated Strabismus
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Pages 311-336

Erratum to: Strabismus
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Pages E1-E1

Back Matter
Pages 337-346

Written mainly for pediatric ophthalmologists and strabismologists, but also of great value to trainees, this text guides the reader through the thought processes needed for successful management of strabismus. Through the repeated use of icons, all material is designated as either basic, advanced, important points, pearls, or myths, and there is frequent use of case presentations from the author’s consultation files.

Strabismus - Practical Pearls You Won't Find in Textbooks. starts where the other standard texts leave off. It contains a distillation of the many practical “pearls” that Dr. Kushner has accumulated and shared with residents and fellows over a 40 year career with a tertiary care practice in strabismus. It describes the nuances in decision-making with a discussion of pros and cons of many treatment approaches and hypothesis and attempts to simulate the experience of spending time in clinic with a seasoned mentor who is passionate about teaching.

 

 

Authors and Affiliations

Department of Ophthalmology and Visual Sciences, University of Wisconsin-Madison, Madison, USA
Burton J. Kushner

 

About the author

Burt J. Kushner, MD, is Professor Emeritus, Department of Ophthalmology and Visual Sciences, University of Wisconsin, Madison. He is a pediatric ophthalmologist specializing in the diagnosis and treatment of strabismus and his contributions include demonstration of improved visual fields of patients following strabismus surgery, elucidation of torsional eye movements in normals as well as patients with strabismus, and a novel hypotheses on the mechanism of "overacting" extraocular muscles. Dr. Kushner has written over 200 peer-reviewed articles, many of which are on the classification and treatment of intermittent exotropia, and he has authored over 40 textbook chapters. He has given 24 named lectures and received many awards. Dr. Kushner was the Director of Pediatric Ophthalmology and Adult Strabismus service in the Department of Ophthalmology at the University of Wisconsin-Madison Medical School and the Founding Editor-in-Chief of the Journal of the American Association for Pediatric Ophthalmology and Strabismus. Dr. Kushner is very well known and respected in the field and has significant name recognition as a strabismus expert.